Mr. Torchia is a managing member of Semanoff Ormsby Greenberg, Torchia, LLC, and chairs the firm’s employment law and commercial litigation section. In addition to counseling his corporate clients on employment law topics, Mr. Torchia acts as Pennsylvania employment counsel for several large national corporations. He has successfully established a workplace investigations practice and is routinely hired by other law firms to serve as an independent third-party investigator of a variety of employment-related claims and as an expert witness in the area of workplace investigations. He lectures extensively on various employment law topics and continues to serve as course planner and moderator for many PBI seminars, including the annual Employment Law Institute (at which he has, and will again, co-present the annual “Year in Review” initial session). Mr. Torchia successfully defended Spierling v. First American Home Health Services, Inc., which has proved to be an important decision in Pennsylvania defining the public policy exception of at-will employment, and Socko v. Mid-Atlantic Systems of CPA, Inc., in which he argued in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court regarding the issue of consideration for noncompetition agreements for current employees. He has been named a Leader in the Law by Philadelphia Business Journal in both employment law and litigation and was selected as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer® by Philadelphia Magazine every year since 2008, as well as Philly Top 100® for three years now. Mr. Torchia is the former chair of the Montgomery Bar Association Employment and Labor Law Committee.

Ms. Ford is an Associate at the Philadelphia law firm of Sidney L. Gold & Associates, P.C., which has been recognized by the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register as a preeminent law firm in the field of employment law and civil rights litigation. Her practice, as well as that of the law firm, is exclusively concentrated in the representation of both employees and employers in all aspects of employment related litigation, including claims under federal and state anti-discrimination statutes. Ms. Ford gained experience advocating for employees and employers in employment and civil rights matters serving as a clerk for the law firm during her years in law school. Ms. Ford received a Bachelors of Science in Business, cum laude, from West Chester University and a J.S. from Villanova University School of Law, where she was a recipient of the Dean’s Merit Scholarship. 

Ms. Burke is a Partner with the Law Offices of Karpf, Karpf & Cerutti, P.C., a specialized employment discrimination firm, servicing Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. Ms. Burke has tried numerous federal jury trials to successful verdicts on the plaintiff’s side, and frequently litigates in federal courts throughout PA and NJ. Ms. Burke’s employment litigation background also includes appellate work, arguing before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, including one panel with retired Associate Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O’Connor, sitting by designation. Ms. Burke’s appellate work in the Third Circuit has resulted in successful reversals in both published and unpublished opinions. Prior to working with the firm, Ms. Burke previously held a prestigious judicial internship with the Honorable Carol Sandra Moore Wells, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, as well as spent time with the Federal Defender’s Office for the District of Delaware. Ms. Burke served as the Executive Director (Southern New Jersey) for the Sidney Reitman Employment Law Inn of Court, and is a current member of the Philadelphia Bar Association, Labor Employment Law Committee. She regularly presents on employment related matters for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, and has presented for the Federal Bench Bar, NITA, NJSBA and NJICLE. Ms. Burke has been designated by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star, 2019-2020, as Super Lawyer 2022-2023. Ms. Burke is also an adjunct Faculty Professor for Rutgers School of Law-Camden where she teaches for their Trial Advocacy Program. 

Mr. Pasek is a member of Cozen O’Connor, working out of the firm’s offices in Philadelphia and New York, and past chair of the firm’s Labor and Employment practice group. He concentrates in representing management in all facets of labor and employment law and also represents senior executives in their employment matters. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1976 and received his B.A., magna cum laude, in 1973 from the University of Pittsburgh. He is active in the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, where he serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors. Mr. Pasek is called upon to lecture frequently to business groups and continuing legal education programs. He is widely published on a range of employment law issues, and his work has been translated in six languages. Mr. Pasek is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, and has tried cases and argued appeals in the federal courts throughout the United States, including before the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Pasek is an elected Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and has twice been chosen by Best Lawyers in America as a Lawyer of the Year for his work as a litigator and representative of management in workforce issues. He served for six years as a public member of the Council on Education of the American Veterinary Medical Association, which accredits veterinary colleges worldwide for the US. Department of Education, and is currently the Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Marc Sanders Foundation, which supports excellence in academic philosophy and is committed to using philosophy to help the world approach larger personal and societal issues with the thoughtfulness, care, and rigor needed to drive understanding and change and to cultivate and preserve civil discourse, public dialogue, and a healthy democracy.

William Rieser, Esq. is a Partner at The Gold Law Firm P.C. His practice focuses on representing employees and employers in all employment law and litigation aspects, including claims under state and federal anti-discrimination statutes. He concentrates on discrimination; sexual harassment; Wage and Hour law; FMLA; employment contracts; restrictive covenants; fraud; harassment; retaliation; and wrongful termination at the firm. In 2007, William received his BA in Political Science, cum laude, from Widener University. He went on to earn his JD from Villanova University School of Law in 2011. During his law school years, William was a Farmworker Legal Aid Clinic member. He also served as a law clerk for the firm, where he gained experience in employment and civil rights matters. William was selected to the Rising Stars list from 2019 to 2021 and the Super Lawyers list from 2022 to 2023. He also received the 2011 ABA/BNA Award for Excellence in the Study of Labor and Employment Law. William also authored a publication focusing on retaliatory claims: Avoiding Heightened Causation Standard in Retaliation Claims – T.M. Greenberg & W. Rieser, The Legal Intelligencer, Oct. 30, 2014. William is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the Eastern District Court of Pennsylvania, the Middle District Court of Pennsylvania, the Western District Court of Pennsylvania, the District Court of New Jersey, and the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals. He is dedicated to his clients in Philadelphia, where he was born and raised and continues to reside.

Ms. Moylan is a Partner and the Chair of the Labor and Employment Practice Group at the Philadelphia-based firm Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP. She is also a member of the firm’s Education Practice Group and serves on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee as well as the Associates Committee. Ms. Moylan is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and regularly presents webinars and CLEs on particularly pertinent labor and employment issues. She has extensive experience advising employers on a wide variety of labor and employment matters at all stages of counseling and litigation. Ms. Moylan’s clients primarily are companies ranging in size from very large to very small, including multi-state asset/property management and construction companies, a large infrastructure and site development contractor, a major employer in the healthcare industry, a multi-national consulting company, local businesses in the hospitality industry, and small distribution companies. Ms. Moylan negotiates executive employment and severance agreements, reviews and drafts employment policies, and advises her clients regarding the hiring, disciplining and terminating of employees, workforce reductions, and employer obligations under common law and Title VII, Title IX, the ADA, the ADEA, the FMLA, Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act, the FLSA, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (WARN), state and local laws regarding sick leave and background checks, and wage payment statutes. Also, Ms. Moylan has been entrusted to conduct prompt, thorough, and unbiased workplace investigations of allegations of harassment, discrimination and workplace misconduct. Ms. Moylan is a graduate of Lafayette College (B.A., cum laude, with honors, 1993) and from George Washington (GW) Law (J.D., 1997) where she was a member of the Order of the Coif and the Moot Court Board, served as Notes Editor on the Environmental Law Journal, received the Corpus Juris Secundum Award in Contracts, and graduated with high honors.

Mr. Mowery has been Chief Counsel for the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board since 2019 and has been an Assistant Counsel with the PLRB since 2001. Mr. Mowery received his B.A. from the Pennsylvania State University and his J.D. from Widener University School of Law. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section.

Jeff McCarron is rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell as a preeminent lawyer based on his practice as a civil trial and appellate lawyer. He is a Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and a certified professional liability attorney by the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys with special competence in legal professional liability litigation. McCarron regularly handles matters before the state and federal trial and appellate courts. His special competence extends to advice, counseling and opinions concerning the rights and liabilities arising from contracts and other sources of obligations.

Andrea M. Kirshenbaum’s practice focuses on providing counsel on compliance with wage and hour laws and defending employers in federal and state courts against litigation under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and state laws relating to wages, pay practices and worker classifications. She regularly represents employers in complex class and collective actions involving a variety of employment-related disputes. Andrea has experience working with clients in a range of industries, including construction, commercial real estate, energy, financial services, health care and pharmaceuticals, hospitality, manufacturing, retail, and technology. In addition to wage and hour matters, Andrea counsels and represents employers in a wide range of matters that arise in the employer-employee relationship involving discrimination and harassment claims, including religious discrimination cases related to COVID-19 and influenza vaccinations, leave and disability accommodation, and trade secrets and restrictive covenants. Andrea also represents employers in complex class and collective actions, government investigations, and audits of employment policies and practices, and labor relations matters. A prolific author and speaker, Andrea regularly writes and presents on legal and regulatory developments impacting the workplace. She serves as the wage and hour columnist for The Legal Intelligencer. In 2022, she was appointed to the Civil Rules Advisory Committee of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining Littler, Andrea was a shareholder with a Philadelphia law firm, where she was chair of the Employment and Labor Practice Group. She previously served as a clerk to the Hon. Harvey Bartle III, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and the Hon. Morton I. Greenberg, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Alan Garfield is a distinguished professor at Delaware Law School. He received his Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Brandeis University, and his Juris Doctorate from UCLA School of Law, where he was a member of the UCLA Law Review and the Order of the Coif (top 10%). Prior to joining the Delaware Law faculty, Professor Garfield worked for three years in the litigation department of Weil, Gotshal & Manges in New York City. He is licensed to practice in California and New York. Professor Garfield has been honored for his teaching and scholarship. He received the Outstanding Faculty Award on four occasions (2004, 2019, 2021, and 2023) and the Douglas E. Ray Excellence in Faculty Scholarship Award on two (2006 and 2015). Professor Garfield was selected to be the H. Albert Young Fellow in Constitutional Law from 2005 to 2007, and, in 2018, was named a distinguished professor. Professor Garfield has been a visiting professor at American University’s Washington College of Law and Bryn Mawr College and is currently an adjunct professor at Drexel University School of Law. Professor Garfield writes and teaches in the areas of Constitutional Law, Copyright, and Contracts. His scholarship has appeared in numerous journals including the Columbia Law Review Sidebar, the Cornell Law Review, the Washington University Law Review, the Georgia Law Review, and the Florida Law Review. He is the co-author, with Rodney Smolla, of the casebook, THE FIRST AMENDMENT: A CONTEMPORARY APPROACH (West Academic 2024). Professor Garfield has also published op-eds in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Wilmington News Journal, PennLive, and NBC News THINK. Professor Garfield published a column on the Supreme Court in The News Journal from 2009 to 2019. The column, Bench Press, received the Delaware Press Association’s first place award for a personal-opinion column in seven different years, and received a first-place award in a national competition in both 2012 and 2019. Professor Garfield has been quoted in The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The News Journal, Fortune, Frontline, and CBS News, and has been interviewed or appeared on WHYY, WDEL, WDDE, KPFA, KQED, Make No Law Podcast, and CSPAN. Professor Garfield was the founder and coordinator of “The First State Celebrates Constitution Day,” a project run in collaboration with The News Journal editors from 2006 to 2020. He also co-founded and is the current administrator for the Delaware Law School Patent Pro Bono Program, which pairs low-income inventors with volunteer attorneys who help the inventors file patent applications. Professor Garfield is a past chair of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Mass Communication Law. He served on the Board of Directors of the Delaware ACLU from 2006 to 2023 and was the Board President from 2015-2017. Professor Garfield is currently the President of the Jewish Social Policy Action Network Board of Directors.

Mr. Farrell returns to the firm as a Partner after spending six years working for a prominent Philadelphia employment firm as a litigation associate. He is an experienced litigator and represents employees and employers in a wide range of employment law matters. As a highlight of his career, Mr. Farrell spearheaded the first-ever constitutional challenge to the Americans with Disabilities Act on behalf of a transgender client in the matter of Blatt v. Cabela’s Retail. In Blatt, a federal court ruled for the first time that transgender people are not categorically barred from seeking relief from discrimination under the ADA. Blatt marked the beginning of a new way forward toward securing legal protections for transgender people through disability rights law. Mr. Farrell’s success earned him Pennsylvania Rising Star designations in the area of Employment Litigation from 2018 to 2023. Mr. Farrell obtained his B.A. from Wake Forest University in 2010, and then his J.D.cum laude, from the Villanova University School of Law in 2014. While in law school, Mr. Farrell was a member of the National Trial Team and was awarded the ABA-Bloomberg BNA Award for Excellence in the Study of Labor and Employment Law upon graduation. He has dedicated his career to all aspects of employment-related litigation, including claims under federal and state anti-discrimination laws and civil rights laws. Mr. Farrell has significant experience in representing both private sector and public sector employees and employers in employment and civil rights matters, and is experienced in complex litigation cases before various federal and state courts. Mr. Farrell was born and raised in Suffolk County, New York. He has lived in the Philadelphia area with his family for almost 10 years.

Amy Rosenberger is a partner at Willig, Williams & Davidson. Since 1995, she has devoted her practice to representation of labor unions and individual employees. She works with a diverse list of unions representing workers in government service, K through 12 and higher education, transportation, health care, and more. She is a frequent speaker on a wide range of topics relating to labor and employment law, including programs presented by the American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions, the American Arbitration Association, the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board and Bureau of Mediation, among others. Her service to the profession has also included leadership roles in Philadelphia Chapter of the Labor and Employment Research Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Law Section, and the Union Lawyers Alliance of the AFL-CIO. In 2021, she was inducted as a fellow in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, and in 2022 she was named Best Lawyers’ Lawyer of the Year in Philadelphia in the category for union-side labor lawyers. She is a graduate of Northeastern University School of Law.

Scott Goldshaw is the Managing Partner of Goldshaw Greenblatt Pierce LLC. Scott has been practicing employment law and litigation since 1996, representing employers and employees in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. Mr. Goldshaw is widely recognized as one of the area’s top employment attorneys. Scott’s practice encompasses practically every aspect of employment law, ranging from discrimination, retaliation, and harassment to wage payment, benefits, and non-competition agreements. Mr. Goldshaw routinely litigates in federal and state courts, handling all aspects of litigation through trial and on appeal. When not in court, Scott negotiates employment and severance contracts of all kinds, provides counseling on various employment-related issues, and has served as a private mediator and an arbitrator for employment claims. His practice includes providing pro bono legal services to not-for-profit organizations and indigent individuals. Mr. Goldshaw has been included in The Best Lawyers in America list, as published in U.S. News & World Report, every year since 2013, and was named its Lawyer of the Year for 2022 for Employment Law – Individuals in Philadelphia. He has been named as a Super Lawyer in Pennsylvania every year since 2012. Mr. Goldshaw is a frequent lecturer on employment-related topics. He is a longstanding member of the Planning Team for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Employment Law Institute. Prior to joining our firm in 2025, Scott practiced employment law and litigation at Salmanson Goldshaw, P.C. from 2001 to 2025; worked in the employment litigation department of Willig, Williams & Davidson in Philadelphia from 2000 to 2001; and worked in the employment litigation department of Kaye Scholer LLP (now Arnold & Porter LLC) in New York from 1996 to 2000. He served as a law clerk in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas from 1995 to 1996. Scott received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania cum laude in 1995 where he served on the Editorial Board of the Law Review. He was awarded Order of the Coif and the P. Pemberton Morris Prize for the top student in evidence, pleading and practice. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in 1992, graduating magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and with Highest Honors in Economics.
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James Sheehan is the Chief of the New York Attorney General’s Charities Bureau, which James oversees compliance and regulation of the nation’s largest Charities sector. From 2018-2025, he has supervised an enforcement case against the National Rifle Association. After a six-week trial, the civil jury found violations by the NRA of statutory whistleblower protections for 8 NRA officers and board members. Prior to this role, he was the New York City Human Resources Administration’s first Chief Integrity Officer, overseeing audit, investigations, and whistleblower compliance, for the nation’s largest social services agency. From 2007 to 2011, he was New York’s first Medicaid Inspector General, overseeing the country’s first mandatory compliance program, including whistleblower protection requirements. Prior to his New York public service roles, Mr. Sheehan was an Assistant and Associate US Attorney in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, where he developed a nationally recognized program working with whistleblowers under the False Claims Act. During his career at the US Attorney’s Office, he also supervised attorneys defending whistleblower retaliation claims. He is a nationally recognized speaker on compliance and governance policies, and programs, and conflicts-of-interest. He has spoken on medicine, research, and institutional governance for twenty years at academic medical center programs such as NYU, Penn, Cleveland Clinic, AAMC, Harvard, and state and national bar, pharmaceutical, and accounting programs. He has been an instructor and course planner at the Department of Justice Advocacy Institute, the National Association of Attorneys’ General Training Institute, and the Medicaid Integrity Institute. He is a graduate of Swarthmore College and Harvard Law School.

Perry Dane is a Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School. He was previously on the faculty of the Yale Law School and served as a law clerk to William J. Brennan, Jr., Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Professor Dane is a graduate of Yale College (1978) and the Yale Law School (1981). His research and teaching interests include religion and the law, constitutional law and theory, comparative constitutionalism, conflict of laws, legal pluralism, the law of marriage, the jurisprudence of Jewish law, jurisdiction, the law of charities, education law, interfaith dialogue, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In 2011, Professor Dane received the Inaugural Dean’s Award for Scholarly Excellence at the Rutgers School of Law – Camden. He was a full-time resident fellow at the Tikvah Center for Law & Jewish Civilization at the New York University Law School during the 2010-11 academic year. He has also taught intensive courses on religion and the law during the January Terms of two Canadian law schools, in 1997 at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law as a Distinguished Visiting Professor and in 2008 at the University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law. During the 2000 01 academic year, Professor Dane was a faculty fellow at the Rutgers Center for the Critical Analysis of Contemporary Culture during their program on “Secularism.” He is an Associate Fellow of the Faculty of Humanities of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, an Affiliated Scholar at the Center for Jewish Law and Contemporary Civilization at Cardozo Law School, and a Faculty Affiliate of the Rutgers Institute for Law and Philosophy. He has also been a member of the national seminar of the Project on Religious Institutions at Yale University’s Program on Non-Profit Organizations and a guest of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Israel. He serves on the Advisory Board of Directors of the Institute for Jewish Catholic Relations at Saint Joseph’s University. Professor Dane has presented papers at many academic conferences and symposia. His more public-facing work includes a Law Day Keynote Address on polarization and the law, several talks at programs sponsored by the Network for Responsible Public Policy, addresses and at churches, synagogues, and civic groups, and many sermons and talks for his own congregation.

Elizabeth (Beth) Lawson serves as the Chief Counsel for the Pennsylvania State Civil Service Commission. After graduating from the Dickinson School of Law, Mrs. Lawson began her legal career as a law clerk for the Honorable Sheryl Ann Dorney in the Court of Common Pleas in York County. She went on to work in the York County District Attorney’s Office handling primarily domestic violence and sexual assault cases. After leaving the District Attorney’s Office, Mrs. Lawson continued to advocate on behalf of victims of sexual assault in the legal office of the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR). Immediately prior to beginning service with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Lawson served as the Legal Resource Attorney for the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association. She left the District Attorneys Association to return to litigation. She began her Commonwealth employment as Assistant Counsel at the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board working on employment litigation cases, including Civil Service Appeals. Prior to joining the Legal Services Office at the Commission, she was the Deputy Chief Counsel for Employment Litigation at the Department of Corrections.

Cate Rowe is a shareholder with the labor and employment law firm of Strokoff & Cowden, P.C. located in downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. For over 10 years, Ms. Rowe has been practicing in Central Pennsylvania representing clients in state and federal courts and administrative agencies in a broad range of civil matters, including labor relations, workplace investigations, civil service, public employee retirement, discrimination, professional licensure, and zoning. She teaches Employment Law at Widener Law School and serves as the Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section, Immediate Past President of the Central Pennsylvania Labor and Employment Relations Association, and Treasurer of the James S. Bowman Inn of Court. In the Harrisburg community, Ms. Rowe is the Immediate Past Chair of the Harrisburg Community Council, Judge of Elections for the 5^th Ward, and Parliamentarian of the Civic Club of Harrisburg. She sits as a school board member on the Harrisburg Catholic Elementary School Board and proudly volunteers with Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers and Junior Achievement.
Ms. Rowe and her husband, Sean Kirkpatrick, Esq., live in Hershey with their daughter and two dogs, Nova and Archer.

Megan Knowlton Balne is a Partner at the law firm of Hyland Levin Shapiro LLP in Marlton, New Jersey. Megan leads the Employment Law Group and Co-Chairs the Litigation and Risk Management Group. Megan focuses her employment practice on counseling companies on compliance issues and representing both employers and employees in litigation matters. Megan is a graduate of Rutgers University School of Law-Camden and completed her undergraduate education at Ramapo College. In 2016, Megan was recognized as New Leader of the Bar by the New Jersey Law Journal. In 2019, Megan received the New Jersey State Bar Association Professional Achievement Award, given to one young lawyer each year. In 2022 she received the Katherine D. Hartman Outstanding Woman in the Profession Award from the Burlington County Bar Association. Megan was named as one of the Top Women in Law by the New Jersey Law Journal. Megan currently serves as President of the Burlington County Bar Association and is the Chair of the Legal/Legislative Committee of the Human Resources Association of Southern New Jersey.

Natalia Gouz is a Senior Associate with Klasko Immigration Law Partners and is responsible for providing strategic and comprehensive business immigration solutions for the firm’s corporate clients. Natalia has considerable experience obtaining a diverse roster of nonimmigrant visas, including H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-1 and E-2, and E-3. She also has significant experience handling immigrant worker petitions (green cards) for professionals, advanced-degree individuals, multinational managers and executives, as well as skilled workers. During her years of practice, Natalia has acquired in-depth knowledge of the PERM Alien Labor Certification process, having successfully secured Labor Certifications from the U.S. Department of Labor for her clients. Natalia enjoys providing immigration and compliance training to human resources and recruiting professionals involved in the management of corporate immigration. Natalia’s passion for and dedication to the field of immigration law has earned her recognition in Best Lawyers in America© on the “Ones to Watch” list. Natalia is a graduate of New York Law School (J.D.), where she served as Staff Editor for the New York Law School Law Review.

Elise Fialkowski is the Co-Chair of Klasko Immigration Law Partners’ Corporate Immigration Practice and has been providing immigration assistance and solutions to leading universities, research institutions, multinational corporations, startups, entrepreneurs, and individuals for over 25 years. Elise also leads the firm’s worksite compliance group and regularly advises clients regarding I-9, E-Verify, and H-1B Labor Condition Application (LCA) compliance. She has long been active in the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and currently serves on AILA’s Department of State Liaison Committee. She has led many other committees at the local and national levels, including serving as Chair of the Philadelphia CBP Liaison Committee, the Philadelphia USCIS Liaison Committee and AILA’s Philadelphia Chapter. Elise also serves as a Board Member of the John F. Peto Studio Museum. Elise was named 2022 “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers in America© and has been included annually in Best Lawyers in America©, the International Who’s Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers, and the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Elise received her law degree from the Villanova University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1991).

Elisabeth Freer is an Associate at the law firm Stevens & Lee in Philadelphia in its Labor & Employment Practice Group. Prior to joining Stevens and Lee, Elisabeth served as a Field Attorney and Honors Attorney at the National Labor Relations Board’s Philadelphia Regional Office. Elisabeth was an Honors Fellow at the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General. She earned her law degree in 2022 from Villanova University, where she served as Managing Editor of Tolle Lege on the Villanova Law Review. She earned her B.A. in Political Science and Writing in 2019 from Loyola University Maryland.

Laurence M. Westreich, M.D. is a psychiatrist who specializes in the treatment of patients diagnosed with Substance Use Disorders (SUDs), and those dually diagnosed with SUDs and mental disorders. He graduated from the University of Minnesota School of Medicine, completed a residency in Psychiatry at New York’s Beth Israel Medical Center, and took a two-year fellowship in Addiction Psychiatry at New York University/Bellevue Hospital. He is board –certified in General Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, and Forensic Psychiatry. Dr. Westreich is Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, and the author of Helping the Addict you Love (Simon and Schuster, 2007), A Parent’s Guide to Teen Addiction (Skyhorse Publishing, 2017), and Addiction and the Law (American Psychiatric Association Publishing, 2024). Dr. Westreich is Past President of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry and serves as Consultant on Behavioral Health and Addiction to the Commissioner of Major League Baseball.

Matt Vnuk is a partner of Compensation Advisory Partners LLC (CAP) in New York. He has 20 years of experience advising boards and management in all areas of executive and director compensation, across a wide range of public and private companies, from small private companies to top 100 public companies, with a focus on the high-tech, insurance, manufacturing and luxury retail and apparel sectors. He also has significant experience advising founder-led and closely held organizations, as well as notable family businesses. Matt has been featured by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) as “a leading mind in compensation,” having extensive experience establishing a robust CEO performance assessment framework – with board and CEO buy-in – and linking it to annual compensation decisions, providing support with setting shareholder-focused performance targets, customizing incentive programs to shifting strategic priorities, shareholder and proxy advisory firm engagement, addressing Say on Pay challenges, and has worked with a number of clients to craft best in class CD&A’s. Matt leads CAP’s methodology committee, regularly authors CAP client alerts, and has been quoted by or written for numerous publications; e.g., Agenda, Directorship, Fortune and The Wall Street Journal. He has also co-authored several comment letters to the SEC and ISS on behalf of CAP, and has been a speaker at a number of compensation and regulatory-focused events sponsored by BoardProspects, Directors & Boards, Equilar, Morgan Stanley, the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals (NASPP).

Mandy Rosenblum (she/her/hers) practices through her boutique law firm, Law Office of Mandy C. Rosenblum, LLC. With years of experience working in human resources and expertise that comes from more than 20 years serving her clients as private counsel, Ms. Rosenblum offers practical solutions that consider both the legal and business implications implicit in decision-making. She uses her gift for understanding human behavior and compassion to assess complex situations and develop approaches aimed at avoiding disputes and maximizing employee satisfaction and productivity. Mandy handles a full range of employment matters on behalf of employers and contractors, with particular emphasis on supportive and attentive client counseling in the areas of discrimination and retaliation, wage and hour compliance, employee absenteeism and leave, unemployment compensation, discipline and discharge, whistleblower claims and wrongful discharge. In addition, Ms. Rosenblum conducts investigations of alleged workplace misconduct, manager and employee training, and compliance audits. She also drafts and offers advice regarding employment policies, contracts, severance agreements, restrictive covenants, and other business agreements. Ms. Rosenblum has advanced knowledge of the laws and regulations governing health care and devotes much of her practice to institutional health care providers. She also supports physicians and other clinicians with contract review and negotiation. Ms. Rosenblum received her Bachelor of Arts degree in public policy from Hamilton College, where she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. She studied industrial relations at the University of Stockholm, and earned her J.D. at The American University, Washington College of Law, where she was a founding member and editor of The American University Journal of Gender and the Law. Ms. Rosenblum frequently speaks on topics important to employment law. She is a founder and board member of Women Owned Law, an organization dedicated to supporting and advancing women entrepreneurs in the law. She serves as a Commissioner on the Lower Merion Township Human Relations Commission and is a pro bono volunteer for Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent Program and the Women’s Resource Center. She is also a foster parent for Brookline Lab Rescue and enjoys cooking, hiking and scuba diving.

Christine E. Nentwig, Esq. is the founder and principal attorney at Excelist Law, a boutique law firm dedicated to helping employers and businesses achieve their goals with practical, business-focused legal solutions. With experience in both business and law, Ms. Nentwig specializes in providing effective guidance to address complex legal challenges. Ms. Nentwig partners with clients to proactively address potential legal issues, offering strategic support in areas such as developing clear policies, navigating employee relations, conducting confidential workplace investigations, mediating disputes, and providing informative training for managers and employees on diverse topics related to business, employment, and labor law. When legal challenges do arise, Ms. Nentwig provides efficient representation to help her clients identify and implement prompt, practical, and cost- effective solutions. Ms. Nentwig holds a Juris Doctor (JD) from the University of Maryland School of Law and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. She also holds a Professional Mediation Certificate from Cornell University’s ILR Scheinman Institute and is certified as a federal court mediator in Labor and Employment Law for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Additionally, Ms. Nentwig is an Association of Workplace Investigators Certificate Holder (AWI-CH), demonstrating her expertise in conducting impartial workplace investigations. Beyond her practice, Ms. Nentwig is an active community leader and educator, currently serving on the Board of the Appell Center for the Performing Arts, leading seminars covering key legal topics, and teaching Employment Law as an adjunct professor at York College of Pennsylvania.

Christina is the co-founder of Loutel Law, a certified WBE. Together with its wholly owned subsidiary, Loutel Consulting, the Loutel companies are both a business strategy and law firm that teach companies how to maximize people and culture for organizational performance while minimizing legal risk. Tina leads Loutel’s legal team which provides litigation and compliance services related to labor and employment for corporate, entrepreneurial and start-up enterprises. Tina regularly counsels businesses on how to comply with the barrage of new employment laws, regulations, opinions and guidance from federal and state agencies. Tina also has extensive experience in a variety of employment law litigation matters including business divorces, breach of employment contract disputes, unfair competition, discrimination and harassment, enforcement of restrictive covenants, business divorces and a wide variety of other general commercial litigation matters from complaint through appeal. Loutel Consulting is dedicated to empowering businesses with tailored solutions designed to enhance operational efficiency and drive sustainable growth. Our team of experts leverages deep industry insights and innovative strategies to help you navigate challenges and seize opportunities in today’s dynamic market. Tina is a regular keynote presenter both regionally and nationally on employment law topics and legal ethics including employee classification, discrimination, and retaliation and she frequently conducts sexual harassment training to organizations of all sizes. In addition, Tina is a regular speaker at seminars on employment law topics for the U.S. Small Business Administration, the National Business Institute, the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Pennsylvania Society of Tax and Accounting, SCORE, and local trade organizations, as well as providing training to corporate clients of all sizes on a variety of employment law issues. In 2023, Loutel was named a Legal Innovator by the Legal Intelligencer. In 2022, Loutel was named to the WBEC East Honor Roll for Diversity Equity and Inclusion. For the past five years, Tina was again recognized as a SuperLawyer by her peers. In 2024, Tina received the Achievement Award from the Baird Women’s Lifestyle Conference. In 2020, Tina was named a Pennsylvania Trailblazer by the Legal Intelligencer. In 2019, Tina received an award by the YWCA Salute to Women Who Make a Difference. She was named an Emerging Leader by the Bucks County Courier Times, The Intelligencer, and the Central Bucks Family YMCA in 2017 and Best Attorney in Business in Employment Law by Philly Biz Magazine in 2016. In 2015, she honored as a Brava Winner by Smart CEO.

Matthew is a partner at Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg who represents businesses and executives in all aspects of employment and commercial litigation, particularly disputes concerning breaches of contract, trade secrets, noncompetition/nonsolicitation agreements, discrimination, retaliation, harassment, compensation, defamation, and fraud. He has extensive litigation experience, including trying cases in federal courts, conducting dozens of arbitrations in numerous forums, and arguing appeals and injunctions. He represents clients ranging in size from technology startups to Fortune 500 companies. Matthew further leverages his business education, and national litigation experience, to advise clients on a wide range of negotiations and to help oversee successful transactions. Matthew has assisted clients with fund formations, financings, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property licenses, distressed negotiations and dissolutions. Indeed, perhaps one of Matthew’s most valuable services is assisting clients in avoiding lawsuits altogether, without compromising their business goals.

Erica Domingo takes great pride in serving the community where she grew up. With a focus on employment discrimination and personal injury matters, Erica has established herself as a formidable force in the legal arena. Her expertise extends to various areas, with successful resolutions in cases involving various types of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, product liability, medical malpractice, motor vehicle accidents, slip and falls, and dog bite cases. Her track record includes serving as the second chair trial attorney and arguing dispositive motions on a whistleblower case against the New Jersey Department of Corrections that resulted in a $1.6 million verdict – the largest whistleblower verdict in New Jersey that year.

Victoria L. Gorokhovich is Managing Counsel – Labor & Employment at PSEG. In that role, Ms. Gorokhovich leads a team of in house attorneys responsible for all aspects of Labor, Employment and Benefits law. Immediately prior to joining PSEG in 2022, Ms. Gorokhovich was Senior Managing Counsel, Employment Law & Litigation, at Cigna Corporation. She has also been an associate at the law firms of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP and Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. Ms. Gorokhovich graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law, Order of the Coif, in 2004, and is admitted to the New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania State Bars.

Ms. Matias is an associate at the Philadelphia-based firm Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP, where she is a key member of both the Labor and Employment Practice Group and the Education Practice Group. In addition to her role at the firm, Ms. Matias serves as President of the Hispanic Bar Association Legal Education Fund of Pennsylvania and as a Board Member of the Hispanic Bar Association of Pennsylvania. Ms. Matias concentrates her practice on labor and employment law and provides counsel on a broad range of matters, including employee hiring, discipline, termination, workforce reductions, and employer obligations under various federal and state laws, such as Title VII, the ADA, ADEA, FMLA, Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act, FLSA, and the WARN Act, as well as state and local sick leave laws. Additionally, Ms. Matias has adjudicated sexual misconduct allegations under Title IX and is a certified Title IX Investigator through The Association of Title IX Administrators (ATIXA). A graduate of the University of Central Florida (B.A., cum laude, 2014), Ms. Matias earned her J.D. from Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2018), where she served as the Managing Editor of Student Works for the Environmental Law Journal. She was also honored with the Jan Jancin Award from the American Intellectual Property Law Education Foundation and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers Student Advocacy Award.

Mr. Helmerich has been a Hearing Examiner with the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board since 2015. Mr. Helmerich is a graduate of Temple University Beasley School of Law (J.D., 2009).

Mr. Troy joined the Montgomery County law firm of Kane, Pugh, Knoell, Troy & Kramer, LLP in 1991. He focuses his practice on the defense of professional liability and medical malpractice litigation. He has tried over 100 cases to verdict. Mr. Troy is a graduate of The Dickinson School of Law and was a law clerk to the Honorable Albert R. Subers in Montgomery County before entering private practice. Mr. Troy is a past President of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. He has also served two terms on the Pennsylvania Bar Association Board of Governors, having served as Chair of the Young Lawyers Division and later as Chair of the House of Delegates. He is a past Co-Chair of the PBA Bar Leadership Institute. He has previously served as either Chair or Vice-Chair of the PBA Health Care Law Committee from 2000 until 2010. Mr. Troy was President of the Montgomery Bar Association in 2012. He was President of the Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Section in 2003. In 2011, Mr. Troy was honored by the Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association by being named “Trial Lawyer of the Year.” He gives several presentations annually to County Bar Associations and private firms on the subject of Avoiding Professional Liability. In 2018, Mr. Troy was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.